Why so many autoflower growers?

shroomhaze

shroomhaze

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I think it's the situation that matters. No one argues autos are better, but if you are on a budget have space issues, a small time frame list can go on and on. They can make sense. No one want to run out of weed. Not everyone can smoke top-shelf weed all the time smoking mids is ok. I personally try to grow top shelf with my normal runs but I start autos with my photos when they are flowering so I can juice out little extra before I have to stop growing. I rather have mids then have nothing all day. Also I think autos are great for outdoor if you live in a place with bad weather for cannabis. Everything has a place in life so does autos they are not something to be ashamed of if you are growing, we all have different circumstances
 
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Habosabin

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The most obvious reason is the extra hours in flower let lower wattage growers hit their DLI to maximize yield. If you have the wattage no compelling reason to grow autos indoors over photos unless you just like them. Autos are wonderful for situations where photos have shortcomings like light pollution, multiple small harvests per year, low wattage situations.

However, I don’t think it’s a good beginner plant. Run into any situation that needs more than a week to recover and you get a very small plant.

No argument that genetics in photos are superior at this point in time.
 
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Millo

Millo

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I personally live in a small apartment. My bedroom is my grow room ( where I keep my tent ).

I grow autos because I can turn on the fans/light
when I wake up in the morning before going to work, and turn everything off before going to sleep. I cannot afford the luxury of having a schedule ( 18/6 - 12/12 ). Why? Because I cannot sleep while the exhaust fan is humming like fuck. And I sure as hell will sleep more than 6 hours whenever I get the chance even if it's 7 or 8 hours.

This works for me, and my autos don't give a damn. Would I have better yield/danker weed by growing strictly 18 or 20 hrs and keeping the exhaust fan on 24/7? Of cours I would. But this is life. Gotta work with what you have. I would love to grow photos in the future, if I can find a solution. Cheers!
 
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Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Skuxx said:
To get high and make money.
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NO commercial op run's AUTO'S!
They are lower THC producing then their namesake photo's!
They are fussier to grow then photo's!

MEH!

I have auto growers (son's of close friends) sell theirs, and come to me for their pvt stash...

Don't doubt yourself. Just pony up the time and learn to grow proper photo plants.
You'll have a shit ton more strains to choose from too!
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Millo said:
I personally live in a small apartment. My bedroom is my grow room ( where I keep my tent ).

I grow autos because I can turn on the fans/light
when I wake up in the morning before going to work, and turn everything off before going to sleep. I cannot afford the luxury of having a schedule ( 18/6 - 12/12 ). Why? Because I cannot sleep while the exhaust fan is humming like fuck. And I sure as hell will sleep more than 6 hours whenever I get the chance even if it's 7 or 8 hours.

This works for me, and my autos don't give a damn. Would I have better yield/danker weed by growing strictly 18 or 20 hrs and keeping the exhaust fan on 24/7? Of cours I would. But this is life. Gotta work with what you have. I would love to grow photos in the future, if I can find a solution. Cheers!
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They are called "Electric timer switch's"......... Or an "environmental controller". One is more expensive then the other but, controls more things at once.

The cheapest solution? Foam ear plugs....
 
Skuxx

Skuxx

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Dr. Who said:
NO commercial op run's AUTO'S!
They are lower THC producing then their namesake photo's!
They are fussier to grow then photo's!

MEH!

I have auto growers (son's of close friends) sell theirs, and come to me for their pvt stash...

Don't doubt yourself. Just pony up the time and learn to grow proper photo plants.
You'll have a shit ton more strains to choose from too!
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I've never even touched autos for those reasons. I was simply answering the OP's dumb question in the most basic way possible. They are grown to get high and/or make money :D
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Dr. Who said:
NO commercial op run's AUTO'S!
They are lower THC producing then their namesake photo's!
They are fussier to grow then photo's!

MEH!

I have auto growers (son's of close friends) sell theirs, and come to me for their pvt stash...

Don't doubt yourself. Just pony up the time and learn to grow proper photo plants.
You'll have a shit ton more strains to choose from too!
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THC alone doesn't make a strain great, there are plenty of lower THC strains auto and photo alike with great properties.

Growing autos doesn't make them automatically mids either, that's just what auto haters say. Especially the ones that have never even grown an auto.

They also are not "fussier" to grow than photos. That's what years of first time growers have led the masses to believe through their lack of experience and skill.
 
Doug Dawson

Doug Dawson

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I think most grow auto's because they call them auto's. I think many growers somehow think the plant is automatic and as such will be easier. Same reasoning for them buying the fancy booster nutes thinking it's magic in a bottle to give better yields. They don't realize the only difference with auto's is you don't have to change light schedule. The downfall is that auto's are not only lower in THC but more importantly are less forgiving. You can almost kill a photo in veg and bring it back to life making it healthy before you flip the lights. This gives growers the ability to train them very hard for greater yields. With auto's every set back will cost you in the end due to no ability to extend veg for healing. It's just a lack of knowledge in my opinion, same reason they buy 1500 watt blurple lights and believe they are 1500 watts. Now don't get me wrong, I am not an auto hater, in fact I love them. I am in Canada with a shorter grow season so I can start auto's indoors and than move them out giving me a mid Aug harvest. This is something you cannot do with photo's so for me it's auto's outdoors and photo's indoors so I can take advantage of the fact that auto's run on a timer and don't need light schedule change.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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twentyeight.threefive said:
THC alone doesn't make a strain great, there are plenty of lower THC strains auto and photo alike with great properties.

Growing autos doesn't make them automatically mids either, that's just what auto haters say. Especially the ones that have never even grown an auto.

They also are not "fussier" to grow than photos. That's what years of first time growers have led the masses to believe through their lack of experience and skill.
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I disagree on the fussy part. Every one from the early makers were fussy vs photo's. Some of them BIG time.
Today (and I still run a few testers for a certain breeder) I find some nice things but, still find them to be a bit fussier then photo's.
PERIOD.

The first part is philosophical opinion. How nice you have it BUT, they ARE ALL mids! They CAN NOT achieve what their big photo relatives do. This is for strains of the same line except for there being NEW DNA brought into the mix. They are NOT THE SAME!
Dispensaries will not accept them, or at least before commercial regulation? Wouldn't!
Like I said - "NO COMMERCIAL OP RUNS THEM!"

I don't "hate" them. I just don't appreciate or use them.... I can do better on all fronts (THC to TERPENE production, not to mention YIELD) with photo's.

I "understand" space constraint's but, if you have the space, and you want to learn the real art of growing (not to mention the increase in potentials) , grow photo's.
 
JSB99

JSB99

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Veggieblood said:
I keep seeing a lot of growers here, about 50% use auto flower Genetics, Why? I know what it is, don’t need a definition, just curious why so many choose to use auto flower seeds? Is it hard for you to make a plant flower?
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Its like the difference between coffee brewed from ground beans vs instant coffee. Yeah, they're both coffee, but...
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Dr. Who said:
I disagree on the fussy part. Every one from the early makers were fussy vs photo's. Some of them BIG time.
Today (and I still run a few testers for a certain breeder) I find some nice things but, still find them to be a bit fussier then photo's.
PERIOD.

The first part is philosophical opinion. How nice you have it BUT, they ARE ALL mids! They CAN NOT achieve what their big photo relatives do. This is for strains of the same line except for there being NEW DNA brought into the mix. They are NOT THE SAME!
Dispensaries will not accept them, or at least before commercial regulation? Wouldn't!
Like I said - "NO COMMERCIAL OP RUNS THEM!"

I don't "hate" them. I just don't appreciate or use them.... I can do better on all fronts (THC to TERPENE production, not to mention YIELD) with photo's.

I "understand" space constraint's but, if you have the space, and you want to learn the real art of growing (not to mention the increase in potentials) , grow photo's.
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Please stop taking about how poor autos were when they first came out. Grow an auto from a reputable breeder.

The "real art of growing" isn't limited to photos. Get over your photo boner and auto memories of the very distant past.
 
Flowki

Flowki

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I figured people who grew autos wanted the least hassle method, similar to those of us who payed more for pre-assembled leds.
 
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